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The Russian navy plays a crucial role in Moscow's conflict, but it has suffered significant losses since the war began in February 2022, with approximately half of the Black Sea Fleet damaged or destroyed by Ukrainian maritime drones and long-range anti-ship missiles. Russian President Vladimir Putin's prized Black Sea Fleet was nowhere to be seen to thwart heavy bombing by Ukrainian drones Wednesday night amid Moscow's largest naval games this year, which comes as a warning to the West. Putin ordered the 'July Storm' drills, which involve more than 150 combat ships, 120 aircraft, and 15,000-plus military personnel. Footage shows...

Panic in Russia is growing amid intensifying attacks by Ukrainian forces on key infrastructure. Two major Moscow airports were temporarily shut down on Sunday due to a Ukrainian drone strike targeting Russia's capital city, Russian officials claimed, while an oil refinery in Engels, Saratov Oblast was targeted in a similar attack on Friday. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that Russian air defense units destroyed multiple Ukrainian drones flying towards the city. Emergency personnel have been deployed at the wreckage sites, he said. This comes as Russia unleashed a massive air strike in Ukraine, with the war showing no...

The United States has reportedly encouraged intelligence agencies to ramp up spying efforts in Greenland amid President Donald Trump repeatedly floating the idea of taking over the Arctic island.... The Wall Street Journal reported, citing two sources, that high-ranking officials working under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Habbard sent a "collection of emphasis message" to the heads of various intelligence agencies last week. Intelligence agencies have been directed to learn more about the independence movement on the island and the general attitude of the Greenlanders towards American resource extraction, the Journal added. The agencies have been asked to use tools...